Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-11-11
NEWS. FROM NETIGHB0Rs.

i NfNbS tkUM NEHHbUKS
! Items of Interest from Differen,
Localities in Northern
+; Minnesota. &.
The Catholics of Long Prairie held successiu
fair last week. ~. = ~ =
A teachers institute is to be held at st. CLOUD
commencing Nov. IA. .r,.o.-: i.
| Monthly stock fairs are held in nearly oil O.
| the villages ofWright county. --5~
Sheriff McLaren of Brainerd will cut 1000, ,Oo(
feet of pine this winter near Red Cedar lake in
Aitkin county.
Lumbermen in northern Wisconsin arc paying
woods hands $50 tor the same class of work they
got last year for s26.
The village of Rush City, Chisago county, has
issued $1,000 bonds as bonus for a -four mill
that has bocn built there. sr|
Iron orc has been discovered near 81! Cloud,
but none of the examinations have indicated
that It will pay to work 1t. II"
The city canncil Of. Anoka has decided to col.
Elecs no more poiAax. ana the amount collected
this year will be refunded. ,. - - ~
Diphtherin is again controlled in Rush City,
every case being nearly we'll, and no immediate
prospects of more occurring.
The street cnr line of Anoka recently sold for
$4,000, and the owner. Minneapolis man, will
make improvements in the system.
Cokt
of Aitkin. and that part of the state will soon be
something besides a numbering country.
The mnchinc shop and foundry ut Anoka has
been closed on account of Indebtedness, and an
assignee is settling matters with the creditors.
The saw mills at Gull river will continue run
ming rs long as the weather permits. The mills
have more orders for lumber than they can I'll.
new st. Clond firm proposes to do a large
business in the III inufacturc of furniture and the
preparation Of hard wood for furniture factories.
Eight Northern Pacific locomotives have been
seized at Fargo by territorial government for
$4,000 taxes claimed to be due from tho compa-
ny.
Forest fires are doing damage to timber in the
eastern pnrt Of Todd county, and it claimed that
hunters Gr starting tra e. i-7 -7h2r - drive
deer.
All the villages along the ST. Paul .S Duluth
railroad have organized toboggan clubs and will
take an active part in winter sports the coming
season.
number of the citiZ:nS Of Sank Rapids are
alarmed at the incrcus. of the sale of liquor in
that village on the sabbath. What are the au-
thorties doing?
The Gnll River Lumber Co. are making prepa-
ratons to put in about 16 900 feet of logs this
winter, nearly the same amoutas was put in by
them last season.
\. ". Miller is building steam tug to run on
the Mississippi above Brainerd, 10 be run in con-
nection with his new hardwood mill at the
mouth of Pine river.
A county poor farm scheme is being considered
by the commissioners of Crow Wing county. The
expense of Keeping the county poor is now s75
per month. and steadily increasing.
On Thursday Of last week a section hand OIL the
railroad at Wndena in trying to cross the side
track, craWled under freight train that wa.
standing there. The train started up while he
was under it and he received injuries from
which he died the next day.
AS usual in the fall of the year. the Northern
Pacific Railroad company is reducing its forces
in the shops, and nearly all the men in the Como
shops have been discharged or transferred to
Brainerd. 1t it thought that the Como shops will
soon be shut down for the winter.
Dry maple wood is selling for 1875 q cord at
Long Prairie this year and the heavy demand
for shipping keeps the price above the figures
the people of that village have usually paid A
number OF outside buyers are shipping large
quantities.
The skeleton OF a man together with his cloth
ing was discovered Wednesday in thicket upon
the farm Of G. Rahm of Forest Lake township
near saltwater. The remains are believed to be
those OF a f,rm hand who up to July IS last had
been IN the employ of Mr.. Rahm for II years. He
was subject to fits and it is thought died while
suffering from cne of his attacks.
The Minnesota board of grain and warehouse
commissioners sent an Inspector 10 Washburn.
OIL lne lake shore i'll Wisconsin 100 miles from
Duluth. TO inspect and grade grain for shipment.
This was virtually giving Wisconsin shipping
point the benefit of Minnesota's grain laws, aud
Washburn the benefit of Duluth's excellent repu-
tatlon as grain market. The newspapers and
grain men of Duluth are emphatically protesting
against the action of the boar,1
And Rice's is trying to boom along with its
ne1ghboS. a correspondent says: AS to
hccs we are glad to say that the rise in real cs-
tate ana the many people who are looking I'D
farms, speaks we'll for this country. While Roy.
alton has had boom the last two years, Rice 8
bids fair to rival Royalton In the near future.
We claim to have better water power than Roy
alton and parties are looking to the erection of
flour mill, and there is still room for a paper
mill Timber will be gotten out this winter for
mill, and summer will see many new settlers
coming in"
The agricultural machinery firm Of Rices's
with which Frank Baily was connected has made
an assignment, and Judging from the following
statement bya newspaper correspondent from
that place. there was some crooked work prac-
ticed: Frank Baily is safe in Warrington Ter
rltory with good size Doodle, and the way col
iectlolis were made after the assignment it will
not be strange if he is braught back. His father
says that be didn't know that he was going, and
would thought more of him if he had STAYED and
nelped nix up matters, as it is he says that he is
lett with nothing. Cards have been sent up TO
parties to call and pay their bills, as shown on
the books, but nearly all had receipts"
suit that is of importance to lumbermen WAS
tried in Minneapolis recently, Geo. Wethc,n, Of
Champlin, was plaintiff and Tldd & FaIcs de-
fendants. Wcthern was employed by the firm in
driving and when waiting for water he was not
allowed wages, custom that. all the lunbermen
have observed and so understood by the men,
Wethern was rendered his wages for the days he
actually worked by Ed. Wooden, the foreman
which he refused, demanding pay for the time
be laid still, OIL account of low water. This was
the cause Of the lawsuit and the verdict was in
favor of Tidd & Fales, the court deciding that
the plaintiff was entitled TO pay only for the days
he actually worked.
Brainerd News: S. F. Alderman, our genial
clerk Of the district court, has been appointed
agent for the Northern Pacific lands in Crow
Wing county. The n. P. R. r. Co know now to
select the right man in tho right place.
sauk Rapids Sentinel On Oct 81, ut about IL
O'Clock a. m. Mr.. VIM. Grimmers residence, on
Cliff street, was discovered to be on fire. and in
the course of a half hour it was entirely con-
suned, At this writing it has not been exactly
ascertained just how the fire originated. but 1T is
supposed to have caught from defective chin.
ney Most of the contents from the lower story
were saved, but almost everything in the upper
story was destroyed. This is heavy and sad
loss to Mr. Grimmer, who is a hard. working, in.
dustrious man, with a large family to support
He has the sympathy of our entire community,
who we know are always generous to those thus
afflicted. - e. j. = = ~
| A Sample Monthly Fair Day.
RushHty, Ghisago Co.. Post: Last Wednesda,
was fair day and was duly honored by large
| gathering Of people In town and much stock wa.
on exhibition. Not much business was stransact
ed on the street. the major portion of it being II
the saloons. Sam Mcclure of Sunrise, WI,